>> host: columbia diversity professor, alondra nelson, author of "body and soul," what is the black panther party founded originally? >> guest: the black and their party was founded originally because of dissatisfaction with economic justice issues in the united states in 1966. so what's interesting about the black panther party and there found in is that it is founded right after some of the greatest success of the civil rights movement. so the legislation brings the voting rights act civil rights act. so i think with 40 years of vision, we can see part of it the panthers were doing for responding to that was left undone by the advancements. >> host: what was left undone? >> guest: people were still hungry. people still back at the understood as human rights. food, clothing and health care. basic fundamental things people like in american society, particularly poor african-americans. >> host: were the founders? >> guest: the founders were bobby seale and huey who are interesting because they are migrants from the south. the black panther story is a great migration story, so they come from

we sat down at alondra nelson to talk about her book, "body and